Category Archives: Relationships

… and then I changed my mind. Happy Christmas to everyone and all my lovely followers, anyway… I hope you are surrounded by love this Christmas. We’re going to do pass-the-parcel… and try not to cry at the empty space … Continue reading →

This is the hardest post I’ve ever had to write. Never thought or even considered I would. I doubt it’s something anyone in a beautiful, close marriage or relationship ever contemplates. But… for my readers who don’t already know, the … Continue reading →

The current/recent news about certain beef products containing an element of horse and/or bute (or not), questionable meat supply-chains, supermarkets re-calling products, Ikea’s meatballs and the realisation that this may have been going on for years – for all we … Continue reading →

It’s Over, Mr. Fabulous Day 50: You’ll have to excuse me for a moment while I have a quick weep. It’s probably for the best but I saw Mr. Fabulous, my handsome Hungarian Orthopaedic Surgeon, for the last time yesterday. This, … Continue reading →

Foot? What Foot? I’m Starring In Misery, Here! Day 28 If you’ve been following my adventures with bunion surgery to this point, you deserve a Dedicated Reader Award. It’s all been somewhat ewww and gross, even for me and I’m writing this … Continue reading →

For Paul It was the nineteen-seventies When I first noticed you You wore size nine Doc Marten’s And I’d just bought size two You noticed me, I noticed you There could have been much more But there wasn’t much that … Continue reading →

Having recovered from this Christmas Present’s bout of almost-killer-flu, here’s a very bad-tempered post listing what I could quite do without for Christmas Future. It’s my ten-point Christmas Room 101 to be borne in mind for 2012 and beyond: Flu in the run-up to, or … Continue reading →

Another Day, Another Tangent

Writing To Empty My Mind

I write and I often go off at tangents. Tessa Tangent's my nickname and, at home, I'm called Tessa more than I am my real name, Heather.
In the 90s, I had short stories published in magazines like Ludus and For Women. I also won a cherished second prize in a BBC travel writing competition, was the writer of a newsletter for a dry ski slope and had a newspaper article about the slope published.
At the same time, I wrote half a first draft of a novel then, for reasons I may reveal, I stopped writing. After a long fallow period, I am writing again - and not a moment too soon...

About Tessa Tangent

This blog represents some of the captured thoughts of Tessa Tangent, a published writer of short stories and articles who is now in the process of writing her third book. The previous two attempts were hopeless.
Tessa Tangent is the nickname of Heather Mitchell. Her OH labelled her with this moniker because she goes off at tangents during conversation. This has also been noticed with her writing.
Please do leave a comment or contact by email: tessatangent@gmail.com.